adventurously
- adverb
- /ədˈvɛnʧərəsli/
- And we're kind of much more nervous and didn't play as adventurously as the rats who had a wall.
- live more adventurously
- live adventurously
And we're kind of much more nervous and didn't play as adventurously as the rats who had a wall.
- And we're kind of much more nervous and didn't play as adventurously as the rats who had a wall.
Examples
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She decided to travel more adventurously this summer by backpacking through South America.
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This entails adventurously forging bridges spanning seemingly alien professions, industries, and businesses caught up in the visualization revolution.
Academic text (1998) -
People travel more widely and adventurously than ever before, often well off the beaten track and without much thought to the health risks.
Academic text (2012) -
Apparently, when the remaining years of your life drop to a single digit, you start to take life less seriously and more adventurously.
Blog text (21) -
Thus, the architecture often adventurously dissolves and blurs as a result.
Blog text (30) -
If I am not mistaken, this is Mr Robert Rainsford, who hunts big game so adventurously.
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He plans, adventurously, to have "a couple of harems—and maybe three or four wives!"
Fiction book (1995) -
Distances: If you're staying in a little resort town and not going more than five blocks from your hotel, you can dress more adventurously than if you're staying in downtown New York and meeting people all over the city. If you find yourself dressed inappropriately, you can simply abscond to your hotel, change, and return with no one knowing.
Blog text (17) -
Some escapees adventurously dodged the Nazis, whereas others escaped passively (for example, the area in which they lived passed into Soviet control before the Nazis reached it).
Academic text (1996) -
He always tries new dishes at restaurants and eats adventurously wherever he goes.
Synonyms
In a brave way without fear
In a brave, bold way that shows someone is willing to take risks
In a bold way that takes big risks
In a brave way without showing fear
In a brave way that shows someone wants to try new or hard things
Antonyms
How Adventurous
Surface Forms
Morphology
adventurously = adventurous (transparent) = adventure + ous + ly
Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'adventurous', producing the expected meaning 'in an adventurous manner'.
Etymology
Adventurously comes from adventure, which is related to the common word venture and to the old part ad- 'to', with the idea of things that 'come' to you and bring surprise or danger. So to act adventurously is to take a bold venture toward the unknown and accept risk.